From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Jones S. Hamilton in Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, informing him that President Davis wants to meet him this evening at Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus at Columbus, Mississippi, to General Samuel J. Gholson concerning Confederate President Jefferson Davis' views on conscripting state cavalry into Confederate service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Articles of enlistment for the "Lauderdale Springs Greys" (Company C, 5th Mississippi Infantry) tendering the company's services to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus.